Tractates Pe'ah, Demai and Kil'ayim: Volume I/2. Text, Translation, and Commentary

by Tal Ilan

In this volume, Tal Ilan presents a feminist commentary on the first three mishnaic tractates of Seder Zera'im (Seeds) that have no Babylonian commentary. The first one, Pe'ah, is about charity. The commentary shows that, even though women in antiquity were poorer than men, and the Bible was aware of this, this tractate actually ignores them completely. Demai, the second tractate, is about doubtful tithing. Because it devotes much space to a sectarian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161615336
• ISBN13: 9783161615337
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 8.28 lbs.